- Specifying the KUBE_TEST_REPO environment variable when e2e tests are executed will instruct the test infrastructure to load that image from a location within the specified repo, using a predefined pattern. ([#93510](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/93510), [@smarterclayton](https://github.com/smarterclayton))...

Kubeadm: Expose the `kubeadm join` workflow as phases

- The `kubeadm join` command can now be used in phases. Similar to the work that was done for `kubeadm init` in 1.13, in 1.14 the `join` phases can be now executed step-by-step/selectively using the `kubeadm join phase` sub-command. This makes it possible to further customize the workflow of joining nodes to the cluster.
kubernetes/kubeadm: [#1204](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1204)

## Changelog since v1.10.2

### Other notable changes

* Use inline func to ensure unlock is executed ([#61644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/61644), [@resouer](https://github.com/resouer))

* kubeadm: Fix a bug where `kubeadm join` would wait 5 seconds without doing anything. Now `kubeadm join` executes the tasks immediately. ([#48737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48737), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))

* kubeadm: Fix a bug where `kubeadm join` would wait 5 seconds without doing anything. Now `kubeadm join` executes the tasks immediately. ([#48737](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48737), [@mattmoyer](https://github.com/mattmoyer))

- For volumes that allow attaches across multiple nodes, attach and detach operations across different nodes are now executed in parallel. ([#89240](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/89240), [@verult](https://github.com/verult)) [SIG Apps, Node and Storage]